William & Mary Tribe
PatriotWilliamsburg, VAZable Stadium
2026: 3–4 (1–3 Patriot). Last: won at North Carolina Central 17–14. Next: Georgetown, Saturday, Oct 24, 3:30 p.m. ET.
- W 35–32at Villanova
- W 22–15Delaware State
- L 20–44at Lehigh
- L 27–52Fordham
- L 7–62at Duke
- L 14–41Holy Cross
- W 17–14at North Carolina Central
- Oct 24Georgetown
- Oct 31at Colgate
- Nov 7Lafayette
- Nov 14Bucknell
- Nov 21at Richmond
William & Mary has played football since 1893 and is officially 620–603–39; 885 of its 1,262 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 14, in 1947. They have won six Virginia Conference titles (the last in 1935), plus four Southern Conference titles, three Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference titles, two Atlantic 10 Conference titles, two Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, one Yankee Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1943, the NFL Draft has taken 23 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took three players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 2 coaches from William & Mary. Rube McCray (1944–1950) won more games here than any other coach: 45. The most-played rival is Richmond: 81 meetings, William & Mary leads 40–39–2. This season, they’re 3–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 620–603–39 official; 405–456–24 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–2 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 13 ranked
- Elo now
- 1256
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 72 · Composite No. 79 in FCS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 18 last in 2022
- Seasons
- 119 since 1904, 885 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Tribe Fight Song
2026 season 3–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | at Villanova | W 35–32 | 25% |
| Sep 5 | vs Delaware State | W 22–15 | 65% |
| Sep 12 | at Lehigh | L 20–44 | 26% |
| Sep 19 | vs Fordham | L 27–52 | 83% |
| Sep 26 | at Duke | L 7–62 | 9% |
| Oct 3 | vs Holy Cross | L 14–41 | 59% |
| Oct 10 | at North Carolina Central | W 17–14 | 37% |
| Oct 24 | vs Georgetown | Preview | 60% |
| Oct 31 | at Colgate | Preview | 35% |
| Nov 7 | vs Lafayette | Preview | 53% |
| Nov 14 | vs Bucknell | Preview | 71% |
| Nov 21 | at Richmond | Preview | 28% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Winston Watkins1,252 passing yards, 8 TD (leads William & Mary in passing yards)
- Andrew King379 rushing yards, 3 TD (leads William & Mary in rushing yards)
- Christopher Higgins51 tackles, 0.5 sacks (leads William & Mary in tackles)
- Harrison Johnson49 tackles, 0.5 sacks
- Khylil Johnson17 catches, 393 yards, 1 TD (leads William & Mary in receiving yards)
- Cade Ellis32 tackles, 2 INT (leads William & Mary in interceptions)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at William & Mary.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1904
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmye Laycock | 1980–1981 | 7–15 |
| Jim Root | 1972–1979 | 39–48–1 |
 Lou Holtz | 1969–1971 | 13–20 |
 Marv Levy | 1964–1968 | 23–25–2 |
| Milt Drewer | 1957–1963 | 21–46–2 |
| Jack Freeman | 1952–1956 | 14–29–5 |
| Marvin Bass | 1951 | 7–3 |
| Rube McCray | 1944–1950 | 45–22–3 |
 Carl Voyles | 1939–1942 | 29–7–3 |
| Branch Bocock | 1928–1938 | 8–25–2 |
| Thomas Dowler | 1935 | 3–4–3 |
| John Kellison | 1931–1934 | 16–16–2 |
| J. Wilder Tasker | 1923–1927 | 21–14–1 |
 William Ingram | 1922 | 6–3 |
| Bill Fincher | 1921 | 1–2 |
| James G. Driver | 1919–1920 | 0–4 |
| Harry Young | 1917 | 0–1 |
| Samuel H. Hubbard | 1916 | 0–1 |
 Dexter Draper | 1913–1915 | 0–3 |
| William J. Young | 1911–1912 | 0–3 |
| J. Merrill Blanchard | 1904–1910 | 0–2 |
| George E. O’Hearn | 1908–1909 | 1–3 |
| James E. Barry | 1907 | 0–1 |
| H.W. Withers | 1906 | 0–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Richmond
40–39–2 in 81
- 2016 W 34–13
- 2017 L 20–27
- 2018 L 6–10
- 2019 W 21–15
- 2020 L 14–21
- 2021 L 17–20
- 2022 W 37–26
- 2023 L 26–27
- 2024 L 0–27
- 2025 L 21–28
Lost the last three.
Next: Nov 21
- VMI
36–27–2 in 65
- 1983 W 28–14
- 2003 W 34–24
- 2004 W 42–6
- 2005 W 41–7
- 2006 W 38–6
- 2007 W 63–16
- 2008 W 52–17
- 2010 W 45–0
- 2011 W 24–7
- 2024 W 41–7
Won the last 10.
- Virginia Tech
18–42–4 in 64
- 1979 L 14–35
- 1980 L 3–7
- 1981 L 3–47
- 1982 L 3–47
- 1983 L 21–59
- 1984 L 14–38
- 1985 L 10–40
- 2007 L 3–44
- 2014 L 9–34
- 2018 L 17–62
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | W&M record |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 81 | 40–39–2 |
| VMI | 65 | 36–27–2 |
| Virginia Tech | 64 | 18–42–4 |
| Navy | 42 | 6–35–1 |
| Virginia | 40 | 6–33–1 |
| Villanova | 24 | 13–11 |
| James Madison | 24 | 8–16 |
| Delaware | 23 | 8–15 |
Every opponent (126)
Every program William & Mary has played, A to Z, with William & Mary’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Albright 2–0
- American 1–0
- App State 2–0
- Arkansas 2–1
- Army 0–4
- Boston College 0–3–1
- Boston University 2–4–1
- Bowling Green 1–0
- Bridgewater 1–0
- Brown 0–1
- Bryant 1–0
- Bucknell 2–0
- Camp McClelland 1–0
- Campbell 4–0
- Catawba 1–0
- Central Connecticut 1–0
- Charleston Southern 2–0
- Charlotte 1–0
- Cincinnati 1–3
- Coastal Carolina 0–1
- Colgate 3–3
- Columbia 0–1
- Dartmouth 6–1
- Davidson 9–4–1
- Delaware 8–15
- Delaware State 1–0
- Duke 5–2
- Duquesne 1–0
- East Carolina 4–13–1
- Elon 6–5
- Emory & Henry 3–1
- Florida State 1–1
- Fordham 0–1
- Fort Monroe 1–0
- Furman 6–6
- Gallaudet 1–0
- Gardner-Webb 1–0
- George Washington 9–8–1
- Georgetown 1–2
- Georgia 0–1
- Georgia Southern 0–1
- Georgia State 1–0
- Georgia Tech 0–1
- Guilford 8–0
- Hampden Sydney 9–1
- Hampton 9–0
- Harvard 0–4–2
- Haskell 0–1
- Hofstra 1–2
- Holy Cross 0–1
- Houston 1–1
- Indiana 0–1
- James Madison 8–16
- King 1–0
- Lafayette 6–1
- Lehigh 0–1
- Lenoir Rhyne 2–0
- Liberty 4–0
- Louisville 1–1
- Maine 4–7
- Marshall 2–1
- Maryland 2–2
- Massachusetts 0–4
- Merchant Marine 1–0
- Miami 0–2
- Miami (OH) 0–2
- Michigan State 0–2
- Mississippi State 0–1
- Monmouth 1–0
- Montana State 0–1
- Navy 6–35–1
- NC State 8–12
- New Hampshire 9–5
- New Haven 1–0
- Newport News 3–1
- Norfolk Fire Department 1–0
- Norfolk Navy 2–0
- Norfolk State 6–0
- North Carolina 0–13–2
- North Carolina A&T 2–0
- North Carolina Central 1–0
- North Carolina Pre-Flight 0–1
- Northeastern 4–1
- Ohio 2–2
- Ohio Wesleyan 1–0
- Oklahoma 1–1
- Oklahoma State 1–0
- Old Dominion 1–2
- Penn State 0–4
- Pennsylvania 4–1
- Pittsburgh 0–5
- Princeton 0–1
- Quantico Marines 1–0
- Randolph Macon 10–0
- Rhode Island 7–3
- Rhodes 0–1
- Richmond 40–39–2
- Richmond Field 1–0
- Roanoke 6–2–1
- Rutgers 4–6
- Southern Illinois 1–0
- Southern Miss 1–0
- St. Bonaventure 0–1
- Stony Brook 4–2
- Syracuse 0–7
- Temple 2–4–1
- Tennessee 0–1
- The Citadel 17–6
- Toledo 0–1
- Towson 10–8
- Tulane 1–2
- UAlbany 3–2
- UCF 0–2
- UConn 2–0
- Vanderbilt 0–4
- Villanova 13–11
- Virginia 6–33–1
- Virginia Tech 18–42–4
- VMI 36–27–2
- Wake Forest 9–10–1
- Washington and Lee 4–6–1
- Weber State 1–0
- West Virginia 0–16–1
- Western Michigan 0–1
- Wofford 2–0
- Yale 1–0
Conference titles
18, counting shared titles- Yankee Conference 1
- 1996
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1893–1894 and 1896–1902
- Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1903–1917
- South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1918–1921
- Independent 1922–1926
- Virginia Conference 1927–1935
- Independent 1977–1992
- Yankee Conference 1993–1996
- Atlantic 10 1997–2006
- CAA 2007–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference 2023–2025
- Patriot Conference since 2026
- 1997Joined the Atlantic 10 from the Yankee Conference in football. Source
- 2007Joined the CAA from the Atlantic 10 in football. Source
- 2026Joined the Patriot Conference from the Coastal Athletic Conference in football, announced April 16, 2025. Source
William & Mary’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Led the nation 1
| 1949 | Vito Ragazzo receiving yards (793 yds), yards per catch (18.0) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 2
| 2008 | Lou Holtz coach here, 1969–1971 |
| 1990 | Jack Cloud FB |
| 1978 | Buster Ramsey OG/LB |
| 1973 | Bill Ingram coach, career 1922–1934 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 23 since 1943
- First-round picks
- 0
- AAFC and AFL picks
- 3 1948, 1964
The school
William & Mary- Enrollment
- 9,818 7,063 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1693
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $73,490 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
On the newsreel
- NAVY WINS IN GRID OPENER
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1256 | ||||
| 2025 | 7–5 | 6–2 | 1336 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–5 | 4–4 | 1353 | ||||
| 2023 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1382 | ||||
| 2022 | 11–2 | 7–1 | 1494 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1333 | ||||
| 2020 | 1–2 | 1281 | |||||
| 2019 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1284 | ||||
| 2018 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1246 | ||||
| 2017 | 2–9 | 0–8 | 1203 | ||||
| 2016 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1360 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1454 | ||||
| 2014 | 7–5 | 4–4 | 1380 | ||||
| 2013 | 7–5 | 4–4 | 1382 | ||||
| 2012 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1263 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1358 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 1482 | ||||
| 2009 | 11–2 | 6–2 | 1556 | ||||
| 2008 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1381 | ||||
| 2007 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1226 | ||||
| 2006 | 3–8 | 1–7 | 1229 | ||||
| 2005 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1351 | ||||
| 2004 | 10–2 | 7–1 | 1465 | ||||
| 2003 | 5–5 | 4–4 | 1315 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1282 |
Every season back to 1904 (94 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1283 | |||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1283 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1298 | |||||
| 1998 | 1–0 | 1310 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1994 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–1 | 1284 | |||||
| 1992 | 0–1 | 1303 | |||||
| 1991 | 1–1 | 1314 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1300 | |||||
| 1989 | 0–1 | 1307 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–2 | 1319 | |||||
| 1987 | 1–0 | 1350 | |||||
| 1986 | 1–0 | 1313 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–3 | 1277 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–4 | 1312 | |||||
| 1983 | 6–5 | 1390 | -24.5 | ||||
| 1982 | 3–8 | 1353 | -25.1 | ||||
| 1981 | 5–6 | Jimmye Laycock | 1396 | -8.1 | |||
| 1980 | 2–9 | Jimmye Laycock | 1319 | -12.5 | |||
| 1979 | 4–7 | Jim Root | 1368 | -14.5 | |||
| 1978 | 5–5–1 | Jim Root | 1453 | -7.9 | |||
| 1977 | 6–5 | Jim Root | 1497 | 7.5 | |||
| 1976 | 7–4 | 3–2 | Jim Root | 1479 | 13.2 | ||
| 1975 | 2–9 | 2–3 | Jim Root | 1319 | -16.7 | ||
| 1974 | 4–7 | 2–3 | Jim Root | 1394 | -8.6 | ||
| 1973 | 6–5 | 3–2 | Jim Root | 1399 | -9.6 | ||
| 1972 | 5–6 | 4–2 | Jim Root | 1412 | -0.7 | ||
| 1971 | 5–6 | 4–1 | Lou Holtz | 1408 | 0.8 | ||
| 1970 | 5–7 | 3–1 | Lou Holtz | 1342 | -19.7 | ||
| 1969 | 3–7 | 2–2 | Lou Holtz | 1343 | |||
| 1968 | 3–7 | 2–2 | Marv Levy | 1400 | |||
| 1967 | 5–4–1 | 2–2–1 | Marv Levy | 1484 | |||
| 1966 | 5–4–1 | 4–1–1 | Marv Levy | 1488 | |||
| 1965 | 6–4 | 5–1 | Marv Levy | 1463 | |||
| 1964 | 4–6 | 4–3 | Marv Levy | 1394 | |||
| 1963 | 4–6 | 4–4 | Milt Drewer | 1377 | |||
| 1962 | 4–5–1 | 4–3–1 | Milt Drewer | 1339 | |||
| 1961 | 1–9 | 1–6 | Milt Drewer | 1264 | |||
| 1960 | 2–8 | 1–5 | Milt Drewer | 1304 | |||
| 1959 | 4–6 | 2–5 | Milt Drewer | 1387 | |||
| 1958 | 2–6–1 | 1–4–1 | Milt Drewer | 1343 | |||
| 1957 | 4–6 | 2–4 | Milt Drewer | 1378 | |||
| 1956 | 0–9–1 | 0–5 | Jack Freeman | 1276 | |||
| 1955 | 1–7–1 | 1–3–1 | Jack Freeman | 1372 | |||
| 1954 | 4–4–2 | 1–2–2 | Jack Freeman | 1425 | |||
| 1953 | 5–4–1 | 3–2 | Jack Freeman | 1442 | |||
| 1952 | 4–5 | 4–1 | Jack Freeman | 1507 | |||
| 1951 | 7–3 | 5–1 | Marvin Bass | 1521 | |||
| 1950 | 4–7 | 3–3 | Rube McCray | 1471 | |||
| 1949 | 6–4 | 4–2 | Rube McCray | 1601 | |||
| 1948 | 7–2–2 | 5–1–1 | 17 | Rube McCray | 1666 | ||
| 1947 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 14 | Rube McCray | 1635 | ||
| 1946 | 8–2 | 7–1 | Rube McCray | 1608 | |||
| 1945 | 6–3 | 4–2 | Rube McCray | 1543 | |||
| 1944 | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | Rube McCray | 1546 | |||
| 1942 | 9–1–1 | 4–0 | 14 | Carl Voyles | 1634 | ||
| 1941 | 8–2 | 4–1 | Carl Voyles | 1555 | |||
| 1940 | 6–2–1 | 2–1–1 | Carl Voyles | 1504 | |||
| 1939 | 6–2–1 | 2–0–1 | Carl Voyles | 1422 | |||
| 1938 | 3–7 | 0–4 | Branch Bocock | 1298 | |||
| 1937 | 4–5 | 1–3 | Branch Bocock | 1337 | |||
| 1936 | 1–8 | 0–5 | Branch Bocock | 1230 | |||
| 1935 | 3–4–3 | 0–0–1 | Thomas Dowler | 1375 | |||
| 1934 | 2–6 | 0–1 | John Kellison | 1369 | |||
| 1933 | 6–5 | 1–0 | John Kellison | 1435 | |||
| 1932 | 8–4 | 0–1 | John Kellison | 1470 | |||
| 1931 | 0–1–2 | John Kellison | 1442 | ||||
| 1930 | 0–2–1 | Branch Bocock | 1438 | ||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | Branch Bocock | 1430 | ||||
| 1928 | 0–1–1 | Branch Bocock | 1440 | ||||
| 1927 | 0–2 | J. Wilder Tasker | 1451 | ||||
| 1926 | 1–3 | J. Wilder Tasker | 1474 | ||||
| 1925 | 7–4 | J. Wilder Tasker | 1529 | ||||
| 1924 | 6–2–1 | J. Wilder Tasker | 1556 | ||||
| 1923 | 7–3 | J. Wilder Tasker | 1540 | ||||
| 1922 | 6–3 | William Ingram | 1487 | ||||
| 1921 | 1–2 | 0–2 | Bill Fincher | 1399 | |||
| 1920 | 0–3 | 0–3 | James G. Driver | 1383 | |||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 0–1 | James G. Driver | 1424 | |||
| 1917few games on file | 0–1 | Harry Young | 1425 | ||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–1 | Samuel H. Hubbard | 1431 | ||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | Dexter Draper | 1439 | ||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | Dexter Draper | 1435 | ||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | Dexter Draper | 1432 | ||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | William J. Young | 1431 | ||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–2 | William J. Young | 1426 | ||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | J. Merrill Blanchard | 1465 | ||||
| 1909few games on file | 1–1 | 1–0 | George E. O’Hearn | 1465 | |||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | George E. O’Hearn | 1431 | ||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–1 | James E. Barry | 1449 | ||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–2 | H.W. Withers | 1457 | ||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–1 | J. Merrill Blanchard | 1479 |
Officially 620–603–39 since 1893 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 405–456–24 (885 of its 1,262 games are on file). Our file starts in 1904; the program began in 1893. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1905, 1918, 1943, 1997: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.